Pakistani cricket team in India in 1998–99

The Pakistan national cricket team toured India in the 1998–99 season.[1] The two teams played two Tests. Test series was drawn 1–1. The teams were originally scheduled to play three Tests but, the third Test became part of the 1998–99 Asian Test Championship.

Pakistani cricket team in India in 1998–99
 
  India Pakistan
Dates 23 January – 13 February 1999
Captains Mohammad Azharuddin Wasim Akram
Test series
Result 2-match series drawn 1–1
Most runs Sadagoppan Ramesh (204) Shahid Afridi (225)
Most wickets Anil Kumble (21) Saqlain Mushtaq (20)
Player of the series Saqlain Mushtaq (Pak)

Test series

1st Test

28–31 January 1999
Scorecard
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238 (79.5 overs)
Moin Khan 60 (117)
Anil Kumble 6/70 (24.5 overs)
254 (81.1 overs)
Sourav Ganguly 54 (138)
Saqlain Mushtaq 5/94 (35 overs)
286 (71.2 overs)
Shahid Afridi 141 (191)
Venkatesh Prasad 6/33 (10.2 overs)
258 (95.2 overs)
Sachin Tendulkar 136 (273)
Saqlain Mushtaq 5/93 (32.2 overs)
Pakistan won by 12 runs
MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
Umpires: Steve Dunne (NZ) and V. K. Ramaswamy (Ind)
Player of the match: Sachin Tendulkar (Ind)
  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Sadagoppan Ramesh (Ind) made his Test debut.

2nd Test

4–7 February 1999
Scorecard
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252 (91.5 overs)
Mohammad Azharuddin 67 (134)
Saqlain Mushtaq 5/94 (35.5 overs)
172 (64.3 overs)
Shahid Afridi 32 (53)
Anil Kumble 4/75 (24.3 overs)
339 (113.4 overs)
Sadagoppan Ramesh 96 (227)
Saqlain Mushtaq 5/122 (46.4 overs)
207 (60.3 overs)
Saeed Anwar 69 (128)
Anil Kumble 10/74 (26.3 overs)
India won by 212 runs
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Umpires: Steve Bucknor (WI) and Arani Jayaprakash (Ind)
Player of the match: Anil Kumble (Ind)
  • India won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Anil Kumble (Ind) became the second bowler to take all 10 wickets in a Test match innings, after Jim Laker (Eng).

References

Further reading

  • Khan, Shaharyar M. (2005). Cricket: A Bridge of Peace. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195978360.


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